“In recent years, intersectionality has been one of the fastest traveling concepts which has cut across geographical and academic borders, and has become transplanted in other intellectual environments. Currently it is claimed to provide a central paradigm in feminist theory (Geerts and Van der Tuin, 2013) and one of the most important contributions made to social theory by women’s studies (McCall, 2005). In any case, it has become a “buzzword” (Davis, 2011) and “intersectional studies” appears to be a burgeoning interdisciplinary research field in its own right (Cho et al., 2013). Moreover, its connection to postmodern imagination is obvious; “intersectionalization” is regarded as one of postmodernity’s constitutive dimensions (Susen, 2015: 220): in a postmodern world, social reality is taken to be intersectionally structured.
By now “intersectionality” has also pushed its way to research areas outside its feminist cradle, including areas that connect with the study of children, such as disability studies (e.g. Goodley, 2013), race studies (e.g. Bhopal and Preston, 2011), and human rights studies (e.g. Taefi, 2009). In social studies of childhood, it seems, the notion has not yet taken root.”
Found this in an academic paper. Like I mentioned, I’ve seen it used in other academic areas where it just means relationship or correlation. (I’m a forester). But I’m sure the original definition is what is offensive to conservatives.